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Batman (vol. 1) #4 (Winter 1941):
“The Case of the Joker’s Crime Circus”
by Bill Finger, Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, George Roussos

Batman (vol. 1) #4

Title: “The Case of the Joker’s Crime Circus”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Winter 1941

Publisher: DC
Written by: Bill Finger
Art by: Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson, George Roussos


11 characters in this story:

Character
(Click links for info about character
and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)
Religious
Affiliation
Team(s)
[Notes]
Pub. #
app.
Batman Batman (Bruce Wayne) hero
CBR Scale: ICBR Scale: S Episcopalian / Catholic (lapsed); atheist
Batman family; Quinntets...  DC 11,112
Nightwing Robin (Dick Grayson) hero
CBR Scale: I Christian (denomination unknown); raised Gypsy/Roma
Batman family; Super Friends...  DC 4,498
The Joker The Joker villain
CBR Scale: M anarchist; obsessed with being Batman's arch-enemy
Injustice League; The Injustice Gang...  DC 1,679
The Crime Circus villain group
  [circus performer; thief] DC 1
Ajax villain
  The Crime Circus
[circus strong man]
DC 1
the "ghost"
(4-panel cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: S ghost (fake)
[henchman] DC 1
C. R. Darcey
(2-panel cameo)
supporting character
 indeterminate  [millionaire] DC 1
Tino
(2-panel cameo)
villain
  The Crime Circus
[midget]
DC 1
Van Platt
(name seen in illustration (or on screen))
supporting character
 indeterminate  [mansion robbed by Joker's Crime Circus] DC 1
Punchinello Punchinello
(mentioned)
lead character
  [clown; comedian] DC 1
The Morganbilts
(mentioned)
supporting character group
 indeterminate  [robbed by Joker's Crime Circus] DC 1